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EB140/27 Draft approach

EB140/27 Draft approach that can be used to register and publish contributions of non-State actors to the achievement of the nine voluntary targets for noncommunicable diseases 1 11. In paragraph 37 of the 2014 Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, the General Assembly called upon WHO, in consultation with Member States, in the context of the comprehensive global coordination mechanism for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, while ensuring appropriate protection from vested interests, to develop, before the end of 2015, an approach that can be used to register and publish contributions of the private sector, philanthropic entities and civil society to the achievement of the nine voluntary targets for noncommunicable diseases. 12. In response to this resolution, the Secretariat submitted a report to the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly on the development of such an approach, 2 outlining a conceptual framework that the Secretariat proposed to explore in 2016. The report also proposed an initial set of overarching principles and a preliminary analysis of potential risks. Member States adopted resolution WHA69.6, endorsing the process to further develop the approach in 2016 and requesting the Director-General to submit a report setting out the approach, through the Executive Board, to the Seventieth World Health Assembly, in 2017, in accordance with the timeline contained in Annex 4 to document A69/10. 13. In response to resolution WHA69.6, in September 2016 the Secretariat announced to the permanent missions in Geneva the process that the Secretariat is following to finalize its work on the development of the approach. The process is described on WHO’s website 3 and has included a webbased consultation on a WHO discussion paper dated 26 September 2016 setting out a draft approach (26 September–14 October 2016). The feedback received through the web-based consultation has been given due consideration by the Secretariat and is reflected in the revised draft approach as set out in Annex 2 to the present document, which remains a work in progress. Proposed workplan for the global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases covering the period 2018–2019 14. In paragraph 15 of the terms of reference for the global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, 4 the Director-General is requested to submit draft workplans for the global coordination mechanism to the Health Assembly, through the Executive Board, setting out the activities of the global coordination mechanism. 15. In response to this request, the Secretariat has prepared a proposed workplan for the global coordination mechanism, covering the period 2018–2019, for consideration by Member States, which is set out in Annex 3 to the present document. 1 Paragraph 37 of United Nations General Assembly resolution 68/300 refers to “the private sector, philanthrophic entities and civil society”. However, for the purpose of discussions at the World Health Assembly, it is assumed that all non-State actors identified in paragraph 8 of WHO’s framework of engagement with non-State actors are included in the scope of this approach (i.e. nongovernmental organizations, private sector entities, philanthropic foundations and academic institutions). 2 Document A69/10, Annex 4. 3 See http://www.who.int/ncds/governance/measure-non-state-contribution/en/ (accessed 10 October 2016). 4 Document A67/14 Add.1, Annex, Appendix 1. 4

EB140/27 EVALUATIONS 16. In accordance with paragraph 60 of the global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, 1 and in conformity with the evaluation workplan for 2016–2017, 2 the Secretariat will convene a representative group of stakeholders, including Member States and international partners, that will work from the end of 2016 to June 2017, in order to conduct a mid-point evaluation of progress on the implementation of the global action plan. The results will be reported to the Seventy-first Health Assembly, through the Executive Board. 17. In accordance with the modalities of the preliminary evaluation of the global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, 3 paragraph 19 of the terms of reference for the global coordination mechanism, and the evaluation workplan for 2016–2017, the Health Assembly will conduct a preliminary evaluation of the global coordination mechanism between May 2017 and January 2018, in order to assess its results and its added value. The results will be reported to the Seventy-first Health Assembly, through the Executive Board. PREPARATORY PROCESS LEADING TO THE THIRD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, TO BE HELD IN 2018 18. In response to paragraph 38 of the 2014 Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, in September 2017 the Director-General will submit to the United Nations General Assembly a report on the progress achieved in the implementation of the Outcome document and of the 2011 Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, 4 in preparation for a comprehensive review by the General Assembly, in 2018, of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. The contours of the report are described in Annex 7 to document A69/10. 19. As in the preparation for the first High-level Meeting of the General Assembly, in 2011, the Secretariat will hold global and regional multisectoral informal consultations of Member States between October 2017 and May 2018, as appropriate, which will serve to provide inputs to the preparation for the third High-level Meeting, as well as to the meeting itself. The results of these informal consultations will be reported to the Seventy-first Health Assembly, through the Executive Board. 1 See resolution WHA66.10 (2013). 2 Document EB138/2016/REC/1, Annex 3. 3 Document A68/11, Annex 3, Appendix 2. 4 Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in resolution 66/2 (2011). 5